This Forerunner® 265 GPS running smartwatch is the perfect tool to train with efficiency. Its vibrant AMOLED touchscreen display will help ensure that you’re always in the spotlight while the training readiness feature provides a clear insight into when you’re ready to take on your next challenge. Take your training to the next level and reach your goals with this amazing smartwatch.

What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime? And personalized daily suggested workouts helped you do something you've never done? With the Forerunner 265 Smartwatch, you'll see every insight lit up on a colorful AMOLED touchscreen display. Get ready to be better for it.

The 265S is designed to fit smaller wrists. 

Specs

• MORNING REPORT: Receive an overview of your sleep and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
• RACE WIDGET: Get ready for your next race — whether it’s a 10K or marathon — with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts, and completion time predictions based on course details, weather, and performance.
• DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS: Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect^™ calendar.
• TRAINING READINESS: From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.
• TRAINING STATUS: Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history, and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained.
• HRV STATUS: Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training, and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics^™ team.

PLAN:

• GARMIN COACH: Free adaptive 5K, 10K, and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.
• RECOVERY TIME: Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
• COURSES: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third-party platforms.
• SLEEP MONITORING AND SLEEP SCORE: Understand how your body’s recovering with a sleep score, a breakdown of your sleep stages, and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
• BODY BATTERY^™ ENERGY MONITORING: Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest¹.
• RACE PREDICTOR: Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon.
• WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING: Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.

TRAINING & DATA

• WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS: This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and more.
• WRIST-BASED HEART RATE: The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
• ACUTE LOAD: Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
• TRAINING EFFECT: See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed, and power.
• PERFORMANCE CONDITION: While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
• VO2 MAX: See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress, and more.
• INTENSITY MINUTES: Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
• HEALTH SNAPSHOT: Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
• STRESS TRACKING: Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
• PULSE OX SENSOR: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep.
• AUDIO PROMPTS: Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.
• CROSS TRAINING: Forerunner 265 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.

• WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER: See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage the effort and fine-tune training.
• SATIQ^™ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS: Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
• PACEPRO FEATURE: Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
• BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS: Tap into 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training, and more.
• TRACK RUNNING: Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
• TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES: Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles, or you can create your own.